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Cratonympha microcelata

Insecta - Ephemeroptera

Taxonomy
Cratonympha microcelata was named by Martins-Neto and Caldas (1990). Its type specimen is GP/IT-1677, a nymph, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large limestone in the Crato Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cratonympha.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cratonympha microcelata Martins-Neto and Caldas p. 267 figs. Pl 1, fig A; text-fig 1A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
infraclassHydropalaeopteraRohdendorf 1969
Euhydropalaeoptera
PanephemeropteraCrampton 1928
Ephemerida(Latreille 1810)
Heptabranchia
orderEphemeropteraHyatt and Arms 1890
suborderSchistonota
superfamilyEphemeroidea
genusCratonympha
speciesmicrocelata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cratonympha microcelata Martins-Neto and Caldas 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (CearĂ¡) Cratonympha microcelata (type locality: 105330)